The Works of Virgil in English Verse, Tom 3R.J. Dodsley, 1763 |
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... thou , lay thou , thy Trojan gauntlets by . 545 This faid , the hero ftrait his robe unbound , And caft the double garment on the ground ; Bares his huge brawny limbs , and on the fands , Dreadful to view , the hoary champion stands ...
... thou , lay thou , thy Trojan gauntlets by . 545 This faid , the hero ftrait his robe unbound , And caft the double garment on the ground ; Bares his huge brawny limbs , and on the fands , Dreadful to view , the hoary champion stands ...
Strona 103
... thou , chief divine , What vigour , in the bloom of youth , was mine ; From what a thund'ring arm and fatal blow , Your timely mercy has preferv'd my foe . With that the chief , collected in his might , Confronts the victim , the reward ...
... thou , chief divine , What vigour , in the bloom of youth , was mine ; From what a thund'ring arm and fatal blow , Your timely mercy has preferv'd my foe . With that the chief , collected in his might , Confronts the victim , the reward ...
Strona 121
... thou the blood of fable victims fhed ; ' Then shall the Sibyl guide thee to the dead . There fhalt thou know what town the fates affign , With the long glories of thy future line . 945 950 934. His father's foul . ] Æneas ftill ...
... thou the blood of fable victims fhed ; ' Then shall the Sibyl guide thee to the dead . There fhalt thou know what town the fates affign , With the long glories of thy future line . 945 950 934. His father's foul . ] Æneas ftill ...
Strona 122
... thou gone ? Why , why retires my father from his fon ? What ! not one last embrace ? the prince exclaims : 960 Then to new life he wakes the flumb'ring flames ; And hoary Vesta , and the Trojan powers , With facred gifts and suppliant ...
... thou gone ? Why , why retires my father from his fon ? What ! not one last embrace ? the prince exclaims : 960 Then to new life he wakes the flumb'ring flames ; And hoary Vesta , and the Trojan powers , With facred gifts and suppliant ...
Strona 125
... Thou , thou canft witness , ocean's mighty god ! With what dire ftorms fhe lash'd the Libyan flood ; 1025 When , arm'd with all th ' Æolian winds in vain , Earth , air , and heav'n , fhe mingled with the main , And rais'd fuch tumults ...
... Thou , thou canft witness , ocean's mighty god ! With what dire ftorms fhe lash'd the Libyan flood ; 1025 When , arm'd with all th ' Æolian winds in vain , Earth , air , and heav'n , fhe mingled with the main , And rais'd fuch tumults ...
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Æneas Æneid againſt ancient Apollonius Rhodius arms Auguftus beauteous becauſe Cæfar chief Chimæra circumftance courfers defcribed defcription defign Dido dire divine dreadful Evander fable facred faid fame fate Faunus fays fecond feems fhade fhall fhews fhield fhining fhore fhould fide fierce fight fire firft firſt flain flames flew flood folemn fome foul fpeaking ftands ftate ftill fubject fuch fuppofe glorious gods golden bough hell hero himſelf hoft Homer honours Iliad initiated Jove juft Jupiter king laft laſt Latian Latium Livy Mezentius mighty moft moſt muft muſt myfteries Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage pafs perfon plain Plato poem poet pow'rs prefent prince race rage rais'd raiſe reafon reprefented rife riſe rites Roman Rome round ſcene Servius ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtate Statius Tarchon Tartarus thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tow'rs Trojan Troy Turnus uſe Virgil whofe youth
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Strona 52 - European law-givers; but better known under the character of poet: for the first laws being written in measure, to allure men to learn them, and, when learnt, to retain them, the fable would have it, that by the force of harmony, Orpheus softened the savage inhabitants of Thrace : -Threicius longa cum veste sacerdos Obloquitur numeris septem discrimina vocum: Jamque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno (t).
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